cmmid@play: Bazalgette’s masterpiece

Sir Joseph Bazalgette is a heroic figure, an engineer whose system of sewers transformed 19th century London from a stinking, miasmatic, cholera-soaked pit of pestilence into a city fit to walk through without a pomander. One of the most impressive monuments to his mustachioed genius, combining functionality with an ornate beauty, is the pumping station at Crossness.

The cmmid visited it on the 21st of October: as you can see, it’s a stunning place:

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Sir Joseph Bazalgette is a heroic figure, an engineer whose system of sewers transformed 19th century London from a stinking, miasmatic, cholera-soaked pit of pestilence into a city fit to walk through without a pomander. One of the most impressive monuments to his mustachioed genius, combining functionality with an ornate beauty, is the pumping station ...